“I wanted to do a show to give people whom I have grown up with, whether they were Filipino, Mexican or whatever, the platform to speak for themselves.”

— Padma Lakshmi

Source: "Padma Lakshmi On ‘Taste The Nation’s “Trojan Horse” Approach To Food And America – Contenders TV Docs + Unscripted" in Deadline https://deadline.com/2021/05/padma-lakshmi-interview-taste-the-nation-contenders-tv-1234748166/ (1 May 2021)

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